Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-13
James Stearns and Joe Berbec are
building dwelling houses.


building dwelling houses.
1r-a~Ipur=h.
Preparations are being made for a first
class celebration here July 4th.
NJ. NJ. Taplin and some of his solo
singers go TO WheeIock to attend his
convention this week.
Sam1 Stanford and wife are off on a
visit to Caledonia county.-Julia Cotton
has gone to Cabot for brief stay Ed.
and Burt Holbrook have been to johnson
on visit.
Lowell.
In the absence of the pastor, sermon
was read by Dea- Hutchinson on
Sunday,
The Good Templars gave a very inter-
esting free entertainment last Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Edison Stannard, who has been
visiting her brother, Mr.. d. E. Curtis of
Boston, has returned.
Mrs. Frank Jones is quite sick, threat
ened with pneumonia.-Mrs. Works. who
was so very i'll. is more comfortable.
Mon-2 an
Ira Taylor is painting his new cream
cry. He has it nearly finished and will
be ready for running soon.
The steamer took trial trip Friday
and was found in good working order
and is now ready for business.
A P. Cobb has bought B. F. Moores
house and about two acres of land. B. F.
Moore is going to build a house at New
port. Ed. Smith and wife intend going
to Newport to work for B. F. Moore.
Newport.
Some of our people are agitating the
project of having an old style celebration
the 4th of July.
NJ. E. Dodge has been appointed liquor
agent 1t is expected that he viii handle
the dangerous stuff judiciously.
There is a rumor that F. c. Bates Is
soon to erect a large building In Frost
village for stores and tenements.
Guests are already arriving at the
Memphremagog House, and a large bust
ness for the season is anticipated.
A Mr.. Fifield from Troy has moved into
the house with Stephen Haslett, and
works for Geo. Sanderson on the Hubbard
block.
Mrs. A. H. Morgan, who has been stay
ing with her parents in West Point, \.
Y. during the past few months, is visit
ing in this place.
Rev. E. P. Wild and wife are in Sara
tOga. 1t is reported that he has a call
from a Cong. church at Manchester, Vt.
1t is pleasant town.
1t is reported that B. B. Field of West
Derby is low with consumption.-Mrs
Thomas Peavy, who has been sick long
time is still quite feeble, but her friends
hope for her recovery.
Homer Thrasher bid off the Scott
house last week, for sl,770. He moves
it around to his garden and finishes it
into tenement house. The prospects
for his own house will he greatly i'm
proved.
J. H. Searles & Son are pushing along
the addition to their mill rapidly. The
building is all enclosed, and the roOfers
are putting on the iron. When cOmplet-
ed, the building will be 30x115 feet, and
three stories high, and will furnish EN-
plOyment to a large number of wOrkmen.
The barns and out buildings of James
Williams in the west part of the town
were burned a few evenings since. A
man by the name of Hackett, living in
the neighborhood, has been arrested on
suspicion of being the fire-bug, and is to
board with Sheriff Miles until the Sept.
term of court. The buildings were par
italy insured.
B. F. Moore of Morgan has bought a
building lot of the J. Y. Green estate, and
will erect buildings thereon the present
season.-T. J. Richard has bought
building lot on Prospect street, and will
build on it soon.-The new school-house
and church at West Derby are both up
and progressing finely.-Mr. Beman has
the foundation laid on Pleasant street for
a new house. R. A. Spear has the con-
tract.
N Orth TrOy.
The Frontier brass band was re-or-
ganized Tuesday evening with Is MEN,
bers. DR.. Fuller is to be the director.
The new road machine has arrived
and is doing good work. 1t is combi-
nation of the old Victor and Champion,
having all the best features of both
Parker Hunts saw mill did the
biggest days work on Monday last, in
ten hours time that has been recorded
of any mill in this vicinity for a long
while if ever at all. The out part of the
lumber, inch boards, was ,072 feet.
South Troy.
A barn belonging to James Williams
was destroyed by fire at about ten O'Clock
one night recently.
Samuel R. Davis, Esq, has his new
house nearly completed. The mason
work is now being done. The building
is situated east of his present residence
anu OA tHC OppOSItS Slu6 VI Lilc IOaO-
The Missisquoi House now under the
management of Emery Townshend is
thoroughly temperance institution and
tirst-class in every respect. As a caterer
ami in his mode of management he is
now meeting the appreciation of the local
and travelling public
w eStmOre.
Social meeting and Sunday school each
week.
Dwight Cheney had both bones in his
arm broken while playing at school.
Capt. Averill has returned from the
West, bringing a wife with him.
A young man by the name of Clark re-
Gently caught Is longe in four hours, that
weighed 81 pounds. The best record yet.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The executive committee of the Gale
donna County Young Mems Temperance